Members of the San Francisco wild parrot flock end up in the Mickaboo system for many reasons:

They have an unknown neurological disease that makes them too dizzy to perch or fly. They get ill, are unable to keep up with the flock or to eat, and they fall to the ground. A recent study found the cause of this disease - Bromethalin poisoning. See our press release here.

They suffer injuries from predators or in other ways.

Fledglings crash and break a wing, a leg or their spine.

If they're lucky, instead of being found by a predator looking for an easy meal, they're found by someone who brings them to San Francisco Animal Care and Control or calls Mickaboo. SFACC contacts Mickaboo about all the intakes of ill or injured wild parrots.

When the parrots come to Mickaboo, we immediately arrange for necessary veterinary care. Because treatment of the neurological illness and breaks is extensive, we often spend more than $1,000 on their initial care. Once they are stable enough to live in a foster home, we place them with volunteers who hand feed the babies, socialize the adults, and continue administering prescribed medication.

Willow

Ellis

Lombard

Geneva

Heather

Grant

Sutter

Jasper

Davis

Powell

Monty

Haight

Ashbury

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Griffith

Francisco

Mason

Jackson

The birds are unable to return to the wild flock - either because they have injuries that prevent them from being able to survive in the wild, or because they been gone so long that the flock wouldn't recognize them as a member, and sometimes because they came to us as fledglings and never learned the skills necessary to survive. So Mickaboo works to find them good homes where they can live long lives with good food, plenty of toys, and lots of love.

Wild Parrots Helped by Mickaboo

Doodle Adopted

Hunter Adopted

Ellis Adopted

Geneva Adopted

Ferdinand Adopted

Gillespie Adopted

Grendel/Connor Adopted

Harrison Deceased

Fillmore Deceased

Heather Adopted

Paco Adopted

Peter Pan Adopted

Lombard Adopted

Willow Adopted

Powell and Hyde Adopted

Monty and Sonoma Adopted

Griffith Adopted

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Francisco Adopted

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Grant Deceased

Sutter Deceased

Jasper Adopted

Davis Deceased

Serge Deceased

Isabella Deceased

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Tara Deceased

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Taylor Deceased

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Cassandra Deceased

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Washington Deceased

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Mason Deceased

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Jackson Deceased

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Spice Deceased

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How You Can Help

Go through Mickaboo's approval process and adopt or foster one of the flock members. To find out more information, check the "How to Adopt" page.

Donate to Mickaboo to help us pay for the hospital care these birds all require upon coming into the Mickaboo system. For more information on ways to donate, please see our "How You Can Help" page here: https://mickaboo.org/how-help

Shop at Mickaboo's Cafepress store: http://www.cafepress.com/mickaboo; The "Mickaboo and the Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" section has tshirts and other items with a collage of many of the birds we've helped as well as their stories on the back of many of the shirts.

To contact the conure coordinator, send an email to: coordinator-ConuresofTelegraphHill@mickaboo.org